Vracov - duna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Hodonín
Village:
Vracov
Cadastre:
Vracov
Map sheets:
34-22 Hodonín, 34-222 Vracov
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
2284
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Vienna Basin, Quaternary and Neogene. Sand pit, reactivated at times, exposing Late Pleistocene sand dunes. Aeolian sands are well sorted with quartz grains up to 1 mm large. Total thickness of aeolian sands is up to 400 cm. At a pit bottom also greenish and greyish massive not bedded Pannonian silty clays are exposed.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif;
Carpathians > Vienna Basin > Neogene of Lower Moravian Vale
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary, Pannonian
Subject:
economic geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
sand dune
Genesis:
aeolian (wind activity)
Rock:
sand, clay
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Novák Zd. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 34222 Vracov.- Český geologický ústav Praha.
- Novák Z., Tomanová Petrová P. (eds), Adamová M., Břízová E., Bubík M., Gnojek I., Havlíček P., Jurová Z., Havlín Nováková D., Stráník Z., Šikula J. (2009): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami, 34-222 Vracov. 58 str. ČGS Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Miroslav Bubík, 20.08.2004, Eva Břízová, 20.08.2004, Pavel Havlíček, 20.08.2004, Z. Novák, 20.08.2004, Pavla Petrová, 20.08.2004
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 08.02.2005, Havlíček Pavel, 04.09.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 23.10.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2284 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2284.
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Assessment
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Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
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